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Side 3
... higher than the average of the preceding ninety - six years , and higher than that of any year since 1779 , when it was 45.3 ° . In 1794 and 1850 the mean value ( 44 · 7 ° ) was obtained . Wylam . A very fine month , a remarkably even ...
... higher than the average of the preceding ninety - six years , and higher than that of any year since 1779 , when it was 45.3 ° . In 1794 and 1850 the mean value ( 44 · 7 ° ) was obtained . Wylam . A very fine month , a remarkably even ...
Side 5
... the barn will fill . " -Old Proverbs . April was a very unsettled month . were general throughout the country . Heavy gales of wind The mean temperature at Greenwich was 49 ° , being 3.1 ° higher BY THE REV . R. F. WHEELER , M.A. 5.
... the barn will fill . " -Old Proverbs . April was a very unsettled month . were general throughout the country . Heavy gales of wind The mean temperature at Greenwich was 49 ° , being 3.1 ° higher BY THE REV . R. F. WHEELER , M.A. 5.
Side 6
... higher than any year since 1845 , excepting 1863 , which was 49.1 ° . Wylam . A fine month , with a good deal of wind , mostly from the west , till towards the end , then cold winds from east and north . The mean height of barometer not ...
... higher than any year since 1845 , excepting 1863 , which was 49.1 ° . Wylam . A fine month , with a good deal of wind , mostly from the west , till towards the end , then cold winds from east and north . The mean height of barometer not ...
Side 7
... higher than either 1865 or 1866 . The cold weather of this month was not confined to Europe . In North America it was so general and persevering as to arouse even the rustic poets . Wylam - From the 3rd till the 7th exceedingly warm and ...
... higher than either 1865 or 1866 . The cold weather of this month was not confined to Europe . In North America it was so general and persevering as to arouse even the rustic poets . Wylam - From the 3rd till the 7th exceedingly warm and ...
Side 10
... higher than the average of ninety - six years preceding , and 1 ° 2 higher than that of 1866 . Wylam . A fine warm month . A great amount of disease prevailed among the grouse this year , especially in the eastern and midland parts of ...
... higher than the average of ninety - six years preceding , and 1 ° 2 higher than that of 1866 . Wylam . A fine warm month . A great amount of disease prevailed among the grouse this year , especially in the eastern and midland parts of ...
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Side 3 - If Candlemas Day be fair and bright, Winter will have another flight ; But if it be dark with clouds and rain, Winter is gone, and will not come again.
Side 29 - We would strongly recommend any of our readers whose occupations lead them to attend to the " signs of the weather," and who, from hearing a particular weather adage often repeated, and from noticing themselves a few remarkable instances of its verification, have " begun to put faith in it," to commence keeping a note-book, and to set down without bias all the instances which occur to them of the recognized antecedent, and the occurrence or nonoccurrence of the expected consequent, not omitting also...
Side 49 - The entire destruction of the wood that formerly covered the mountains, and the utter neglect of the terraces which supported the soil upon steep declivities, have given full scope to the rains, which have left many tracts of bare rock, where formerly were vineyards and cornfields.
Side 3 - The shepherd would rather see the wolf enter his stable on Candlemas day than the sun ; 2. The badger peeps out of his hole on Candlemas day, and when he finds snow, walks abroad ; but if he sees the sun shining, he draws back into his hole.
Side 49 - Were these limestone ledges once more provided with walls, to prevent the soil being washed down into the valley by the rain floods, and were fresh soil carried up from the hollows, where it must lie fathoms deep, magnificent crops would very soon be produced. It is well known also how soon the moisture of the climate would be affected by the restoration of the orchards. And when we remember the small quantity...
Side 223 - A shower in July, when the corn begins to fill, Is worth a plough of oxen, and all belongs there till.
Side 218 - A May flood never did good. Look at your corn in May, and you'll come weeping away. Look at the same in June, and you'll come home in another tune.
Side 30 - ... would be in itself an improbability, and that therefore, to have any weight, the majority should be a very decided one, and that not only in itself, but in reference to the neutral instances. We are all involuntarily much more strongly impressed by the fulfilment than by the failure of a prediction, and it is only when thus placing ourselves face to face with fact and experience that we can fully divest ourselves of this bias.
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